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Oxfordshire householders stung by million-pound doorstep con (From Herald Series)
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9:00am Monday 30th December 2013 in News By Ben Wilkinson, Crime Reporter, also covering Barton and Wood Farm. Call me on (01865) 425427
Pc Andy Neal and Martin Woodley, Oxfordshire County Council's trading standards doorstep lead crime officer, out on patrol
DOORSTEP criminals are on track to steal £1m from the county's most vulnerable this year.
Trading standards officials fear thieves preying on the isolated elderly in their homes will scam more money than in recent years as the crime rate rises.
In the first six months of this financial year, £594,676 has been stolen by doorstep crooks – far more than the £404,894 stolen during the same six-month period for 2012-13.
That amounts to 283 incidents so far in the county – also up on the 272 for the same period last year – while the amount of money scammed is set to, in effect, be the highest in years, once one-off cons where huge sums of money were stolen are factored into the data.
And if the worrying trend continues, as officials fear it will, then the £1m barrier will be smashed for the first time in recent history. Martin Woodley, Oxfordshire County Council's trading standards doorstep crime lead officer, said more and more rogue traders were finding that exploiting victims on their doorstep was a quick way of making a lot of money.
He said doorstep criminals were "callous and cunning" – and advised people not to buy anything at the door. Statistics show doorstep criminals are also stealing higher amounts of cash each time they strike.
Figures show the average amount stolen in each incident so far this year is £2,101, compared to £1,265 last year. And most of the victims are elderly, the numbers show – with 152 of the 167 victims in the last financial year being over the age of 61.
Mr Woodley said: "There's been a rise in cold-caller complaints which we are putting down to doorstep sellers trying to push things in the lead-up to Christmas.
"They also prey on issues, telling householders they need to resolve problmes that have resulted from the recent windy weather, such as loose tiles on roofs.
"They try to put fear into people by telling them that urgent work is required on their properties and appear to offer a quick solution by often saying that they could do the work there and then.
"It's often the elderly and vulnerable who are targeted, and victims can feel pressured into taking on what is offered to them. It can be the case that a price is quoted that turns out to be far less than the amount of money that is eventually demanded."
Mr Woodley urged anyone who had problems or information about doorstep crime to call police on 101. He added: "We need to hear about what is going on."
- Lack of ladders a telltale sign of dodgy roofers at work
ON patrol with the doorstep crime team, the Oxford Mail was on the lookout for tell-tale signs of rogue traders.
We were in Wallingford, driving in the video-equipped Trading Standards car.
Martin Woodley, Oxfordshire County Council's trading standards doorstep lead crime officer, said: "There will be lots of workers with very little equipment. Another giveaway is if they are walking around the roof with no ladders at all.
"All they want to do is get in and out as quickly as possible."
He said doorstep criminals knew how to spot the house of an elderly or vulnerable person, and that their patrols focused on areas where older people live.
He also said people delivering leaflets were questioned about the work they offered.
Pc Andy Neal, seconded to the trading standards team, said rogue traders would befriend their elderly victims, who often had memory problems.
He said: "They just ingratiate themselves with them."
The team visited an 86-year-old woman, suspected of falling victim to a £9,000 roofing scam.
Mr Woodley said: "This is one of the many people we keep an eye on. These are the people we are trying to help."
The team asked her if she had had any unexpected calls or visitors offering to do work, and told her to report any incidents.
The woman, who did not give her name, said to the team: "It gives me confidence that you are keeping an eye on me."
- Jailed pair got almost £100,000 from victims
TWO rogue traders were last year jailed for scamming county victims out of almost £100,000 over two years.
Jane Thomas fell victim to builders Trevor Bateman and David Merriman when they turned up at her Wallingford home and asked to do some gardening work. This soon turned into bathroom repairs and she was left with a £6,000 bill – despite the work being unfinished.
The 72-year-old said: "I have now learnt to say 'no' to people."
Bateman, of Oakham Close, Swindon, was jailed for four years and Merriman, of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, for three-and-a-half years.
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"It's often the elderly and vulnerable who are targeted, "
I'd say it was at least 150 years since those over the age of 61 were "elderly". Over 81 maybe. Practically all of us baby boomers are over 61 and can give any age group a good run for their money.
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- Put Your Back N 2 It - OLE-964 - 2012-02-21
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Perfume Genius is Mike Hadreas, a Seattle songwriter whose jarring 2010 debut album, Learning, was called "an album of rare, redemptive beauty…one of the most uniquely endearing and quietly forceful debut albums of recent years" by Drowned In Sound, and established him as one of the most singular songwriters today.
The bulk of Learning sprung from a time of self-imposed isolation in his mother's suburban home following a period of trauma and self-destruction. The album was actually mastered from second-generation MP3s, as Hadreas had lost the original recordings, and this distant, abraded sound reinforced its harrowing tales and haunting melodies.
"No secret/No matter how nasty/Can poison your voice/Or keep you from joy." – Perfume Genius, "Normal Song"
Though Learning's voyeuristic window into Hadreas's experiences resonated intensely with many people, his new album Put Your Back N 2 It is much more universal, addressing intimacy, power, family, secrecy, and hope not just through his impressionistic lyrics, but the music itself, which is as lush as Learning was stark. It's a gorgeous soundtrack for anyone trying to keep it together in everyday life, and about moving forward.
"I don't want it to seem like I've been through more than other people," Hadreas says. "Everyone has stuff. Staying healthy can be more depressing and confusing than being fucked up. But I want to make music that's honest and hopeful."
The hypnotic songs on Put Your Back N 2 It are tender and moving, but they are also surreal and grand, recalling at times the universality of lullabies and hymns, faraway folk songs, the dramatic arc of a film score, and the almost spiritual quality suggests a kind of opiated gospel. He cites as a primary influence not one of the indie icons to which he's sometimes compared (Cat Power, Bon Iver, Thom Yorke), but The Innocence Mission ("not their sound, but their timelessness").
The following is something about each song on the album, in Hadreas's own words:
AWOL MARINE: This is from some unedited homemade basement porn I watched, with an old man and some hustlers. You can see or hear them doing drugs off camera. They leave the camera running before and about ten minutes after the "scenes", and I am sort of obsessed with watching the before and after. One guy told the cameraman he was just doing the video to get money for his wife's medicine. Then there is a close up of his face. The old man always explains that he will edit out the guys' faces but he never does. That is the specifics of where it started, but I was also trying to show the desperation, demoralization and soullessness that comes with addiction, and what you're willing to do to get what you need.
NORMAL SONG: I wrote this for my friends and family that feel like damaged goods after some of their experiences. Even if you didn't have a hand in what happened to you, somehow when you get older the lingering ickiness can feel like your fault. But that's poison, not true. Heather is not a big nasty secret, my mom is not a big nasty secret, Heather is not the first 25 years of her life, I am not 16 hours at the Sheraton. I just wanted to write a straight up, normal song about it.
NO TEAR: My circumstances have gotten a lot better and sometimes I'm scared that if they go away, I won't be able to carry on being healthy. There have been three times where I felt like if the music thing tanks, if I end up alone - everything will still be OK. So i wanted to write a song to remind me and also to remind Heather's crazy ass that she doesn't need a man to do right by herself.
17: Almost every gay man I have met has body image issues. They are all tripping! I think it is an easy place for your brain to dump everything. A lot of times you have no idea why you feel so shitty, so you can pick at your face. I named it 17 because of teenagers, who are always tripping and killing themselves. It is basically a gay suicide letter, so...sorry about that. But I was not always interested in listening to anything triumphant when I was a teenager, or even that it gets better. I think that is really valuable but sometimes I wanted to hear that someone felt exactly as grim and bleak as I did, and have it written out for me. That is important too, and not an invitation.
TAKE ME HOME: I wanted to write a pop song about hookerism, so if it was in a commercial or something I could say that song is about hookerism. It's about that old feeling where you are out of money and options and just combing the streets for anybody that will take you wherever and you will do and be whatever they want and completely annihilate yourself as long as they keep feeding you drugs and you never have to move. Also I was just trying to write about in relationships when you are willing to give up everything and erase yourself for the other person, because you are so scared of being alone.
DIRGE is an Edna St. Vincent Millay poem from 1921.
DARK PARTS: This song is about my mom. I was worried about showing her, but she cried through the whole thing. I wanted to take something from her life that wasn't happy, and turn it in to something triumphant, to remind her how strong and beautiful and loved and important she is. She doesn't like the last line and says that her dark parts belong to her alone.
ALL WATERS: Why are straight women always walking with their hands in the back pocket of their boyfriends' jeans? Would I do that all the time too if I didn't have to think about it? Alan and I hold hands in specific parts of the city and sometimes outside of those parts. But there is always a little 'catch'; no matter how much I think the shame and fear is gone, there is always a little something in the back of my mind. I am almost embarrassed sometimes when we are holding hands, and that fucking infuriates me. I can't even imagine that hesitation ever going away, and that makes me very sad.
HOOD: This is about when you feel like if someone really knew you, they would leave. Very revolutionary.
PUT YOUR BACK N 2 IT: I wrote this for Alan before we got together. It's about how if you show me everything and I really, truly know you, I will never leave. I wanted to write a gay love song with two men singing together. It is also about gay sex. There is not a lot of grace or tenderness in early homo sex sometimes; I wanted to teach Alan that we can still do the right thing and it will be really warm and cool. I wrote it and had Alan sing it with me before he knew it was about him.
FLOATING SPIT: This song is about overdosing and going to the other side, about a few times where I thought I was close to doing that. Who knows if I was or not, but I certainly felt like it. I was also thinking about if the Neverending Story took place in a bathhouse, what that would look or sound like, and what would the creatures would look like? Probably a lot of floating spit.
SISTER SONG: I was imagining someone leaving all the things in someone's room the same after that person had died, or that they were going to rehab and their family and friends would hold down the fort while they were gone.
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Japan awaits Perfume Genius
Having aired new material recently at SXSW ("The minimalist and aggressively electronic-driven track was harder, weirder, and darker than anything we've heard from him yet. Will Perfume Genius make his Yeezus in 2014? Let us pray." said Pitchfork ), Mike takes the show on the road for a newly announced Japanese date in addition to the End Of The Road and OFF festivals this August. The upcoming Perfume Genius shows look like this, with more in the works: June 21-22, 2014 - Hostess Club Weekender - Tokyo, Japan (Tickets) August 1-3, 2014 - OFF Festival - Katowice, Poland (Tickets) August 29 - 31, 2014 - End Of The Road Festival - Wiltshire, UK (Tickets) https://twitter.com/perfumegenius https://www.facebook.com/perfumegeniusofficial
Matador Artists Celebrate To Austin's Traffic Jams, Poor Cell Reception
The following is a (nearly) complete list of what our dear friends EMA, Fucked Up, Perfume Genius, Kurt Vile and The Young are doing in Austin, TX this week (on stage, anyway). Please be advised that events marked "*" are considered official SXSW presentations and will likely require a badge, wristband or cover charge for entry (unless you are so incredibly good looking that such requirements are always waived on your behalf). I wish you a very pleasant week in my town of residence and thank you in advance for not parking in front of my fucking driveway. EMA Wednesday March 12 Flamingo Cantina, 5pm (Under The Radar) Thursday, March 13, Mohawk (inside) 4pm (Stereogum/House Of Vans) Friday March 14, Central Presbyterian Church, 7:20pm* (Pitchfork) Saturday March 15 Elysium, 11:30pm * (Switched On/Moog) Fucked Up Thursday March 13 - Mohawk, 2:15pm (Stereogum/House Of Vans) Thursday March 13 - Scoot Inn, 4pm (Converse/Thrasher) Thursday March 13 - French Legation, 6pm (Pitchfork) Friday March 14 - Empire Control Room, 5:15pm (Blundertown) Perfume Genius Thursday March 13 - St. David's Historic Society, 7:30pm* (Turnstile Music) Kurt Vile Wednesday March 12 - Cheer Up Charlie's, midnight* Thursday March 13 - Weather Up (1808 East Cesar Chavez), 2:30pm Thursday March 13 - Clive Bar, 8pm* Thursday March 13 - Red 7, 12:50am* The Young Saturday, March 15 - Yellow Jacket Social Club, 2:30pm Saturday March 15 - Museum Of Human Achievement (Third Man Records), 4:15pm
Perfume Genius At SXSW
March 13 at Austin's St. David's Historical Sanctuary will mark a) the first Perfume Genius show of 2014 and b) a chance to hear post-'Put Your Back N 2 It' material for the first time. Not that we know the evening's repertoire in advance or anything. The show is presented/programmed by Turnstile Music and will also feature performances from Christopher Owens, Gruff Rhys, Cate Le Bon and others. We'll be updating you on other Matador artists' participation during SXSW shortly, but at the moment it looks as though EMA, Kurt Vile, Fucked Up and The Young will all be playing during the music portion, while Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and EMA will in town the prior weekend for SXSW Interactive. When we've got everyone's schedules in full, we'll share the info.
Perfume Genius - "Take Me Home" video debuts with Pitchfork x YouTube, US tour begins
Today Pitchfork TV brings us a worthy third entry in the most memorable, affecting series of music videos from any album this year (the album in question being Perfume Genius' exquisite Put Your Back N 2 It, available for purchase). Directed by Patrick Sher, who has worked with PG before: Perfume Genius' headlining tour of North America begins today, and ends in the band's hometown of Seattle on October 27 with a very special appearance at the Frye Museum. More info on that event from the Frye: As an artist in the exhibition Mw [Moment Magnitude], Perfume Genius is exhibiting his videos Hood and Learning (Live) and giving an intimate in-gallery performance at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle on September 27, 2012. Mw [Moment Magnitude] is a cross-platform project of twenty-four exceptional Seattle-based artists from a wide range of media including music, dance, visual art, literature, performance, and design. Space in the Frye galleries is very limited; tickets for the concert are free and will be available beginning Tuesday, October 16 at noon PST. The exhibition runs October 13, 2012 to January 20, 2013. For information go to fryemuseum.org/perfumegenius. North American tour dates: Friday 05 - Toronto, ON - 918 Bathurst Space Saturday 06 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore Sunday 07 - Somerville, MA - Johnny D's Monday 08 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg Tuesday 09 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge Thursday 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's Friday 12 - Washington, DC - The Hamilton Saturday 13 - Carrboro, NC - The ArtsCenter Monday 15 - Nashville, TN - The High Watt Wednesday 17 - Forth Worth, TX - Fort Worth Modern Art Museum Thursday 18 - Austin, TX - Central Presbyterian Church Saturday 20 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom Sunday 21 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress Monday 22 -San Diego, CA - Irenic Tuesday 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Wednesday 24 - San Francisco, CO - Swedish American Hall Friday 26 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater Saturday 27 - Seattle, WA - Frye Art Museum
Perfume Genius live on Radio K today
Perfume Genius kicks off his fall tour today in Minneapolis, not just with his show tonight at Fine Line Music Cafe, but with a live instudio performance at the venerable Radio K. The set starts at 4:00PM EDT/3:00PM CDT, and can be listened to in a variety of ways. Those of you who inhabit the Twin Cities can tune in at 100.7FM, 104.5FM, or 770AM, and listeners worldwide can listen in at radiok.org. Perfume Genius Fall 2012 Tour (Dusted supports on all dates, except for 10/20 & 10/21 with Bowerbirds) Tue October 2 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe Wed October 3 – Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium Fri October 5 – Toronto, ON – 918 Bathurst Space Sat October 6 – Montreal, QC – Il Motore Sun October 7 – Somerville, MA – Johnny D's Mon October 8 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg Tue October 9 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge Thu October 11 – Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's Fri October 12 – Washington, DC – The Hamilton Sat October 13 – Carrboro, NC – The ArtsCenter Mon October 15 – Nashville, TN – The High Watt Wed October 17 – Fort Worth, TX – Fort Worth Modern Art Museum Thu October 18 – Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church Sat October 20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom Sun October 21 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress Mon October 22 – San Diego, CA – Irenic Tue October 23 – Los Angeles, CA - The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Wed October 24 – San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall Fri October 26 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater Put Your Back N2 It on the Matador Store Perfume Genius on Facebook matadorrecords.com/perfume_genius


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Holiday in a lighthouse
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Best holiday resort in Croatia: Split
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Best holiday resort in Spain: Moraira
After introducing you to three of our winners of the atraveo prize for the best holiday resort 2014, the first Spanish recipient of this year's award shall now make its…To blog post
Best holiday resort in the Netherlands: Enkhuizen
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Best holiday resort in Italy: Malcesine
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The best holiday resorts 2014 - and this time, five of them!
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Rømø – A beach as wide as the sea
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We present our bestsellers and a great contest
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Albarella – Private island in the Adriatic Sea
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Summer 2014: Island in sight!
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"With the best customer service in the test"
"Stiftung Warentest", a German consumer protection organisation, has taken a closer look at internet portals for holiday apartments and houses. To our delight atraveo…To blog post
"Bellagio is the pearl of Lago di Como"
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Chianti: A holiday house on a vineyard
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Last week on TUF we were treated to what Dana White called one of the best fights on TUF, ever ever. Well maybe that wasnt a direct quote, but it certainly was along those lines. Now I dont know what Danas been smoking, but I certainly want some of that shit. Nate Diaz and Rob Emerson put on a good show, but their battle was far from the greatest fight to ever grace TUF. A matter of fact, I would say that this weeks brawl was possibly more exciting. Especially for those people who are more satisfied watching two people try to punch each others faces off. Let me take a step back though. Like always, Im getting ahead of myself. Last week Diaz ended up choking out Emerson in the second round, putting Team Pulver up 3-0 with a complete shutdown of Team Penns efforts. Once again, everything is all good for Team Pulver
or is it? Some trouble is brewing in practice, and it directly relates to the god awful Thai kick thrown in the preview for this weeks episode.
Jens Pulver is a hard worker. Hes never had anything given to him in his entire life. Everything he has gained is the direct product of hard work and determination, so naturally he appreciates fellow nose grinders and sleeve roller-uppers. Wayne Weems doesnt appear to be one of those people. Now dont get me wrong, I know a fighters record doesnt always tell the whole story. Honestly though, I would imagine that a fighter with a 9-2 record (that has finished every opponent in the first period) would look a bit better than this. Maybe the show is all smoke and mirrors, merely editing tricks to fool us into believing that Weems doesnt have skills. Maybe all those opponents were merely scabs the promoters picked up off the reservation. Upon further investigation, most of Waynes opponents have been one hitter quitters, or guys who have only had one fight (in this case, a loss to Wayne Weems). The pieces are starting to fall into place. All that aside, Weems isnt looking as good as his other housemates during training, and Jens has a shit fit trying to get Weems to work harder. Wayne responds in kind, and for now the Team Pulver drama has been subdued like your little brother after some noogies.
Word travels fast at the TUF house and the Wayne Weems situation is circulating around the Team Penn camp. Always one to take a handout, Gabe Ruediger makes a bold move and tells BJ that hed like to fight Weems. The TUF house is a place where lions feast on big game. Nate Diaz is big game. Corey Hill is (quite literally) big game. Wayne Weems at this point looks more like a petite filet mignon. Or better yet the Ihop Top Sirloin Steak, 8oz of C-grade meat slathered in cheese, onions, and mushrooms so you cant taste the slight tinge of garbage. Needless to say, in a house full of real men Gabe would be getting treated like the aforementioned little brother for a comment like that. Oh and how he does. Once the team gets home, sparks fly and Emerson gets all up in Gabes grill. Rob accuses Gabe of taking the easy way out, and basically calls him a bitch in the process. Simba didnt become the lion king by eating mice. No matter, Team Penn doesnt have the ball in their court, so all this talk about whos fighting who doesnt amount to anything. Ultimately its up to Jens to figure out who will be stepping into the cage this week.
It would seem that Gabe isnt the only guy in the house with a weight problem, as Brandon Melendez is having trouble making 155 as well. While Gabe is sporting a little bit of a belly, Melendez looks like hes just naturally a weight class above most of the folks in the house. Jens seems to be on a bit of a rampage lately (and his tough coaching style seems to be paying dividends in the octagon), and Melendez is the next recipient of some harsh words from Lil Evil. Melendez has been focusing all his efforts on cutting weight, by doing extra cardio and sweating it out in the sauna, and Pulver isnt quite sure what to make of it. All that is boring compared to what happens next, something that is widely regarded as one of the funniest moments of any season thus far.
Marlon Sims, aka and now infamously Mr. Indestructible, waxes with Gabe about how he got his nickname. The explanation is like fried comedy gold, and Ill give you a hint: it isnt from his respectable 3-1 MMA record. Basically, Marlon states that hes been in over 200 street fights, and that people walk up to him, ask his name, then start bombing him with punches. According to Marlon, he is the most legendary fighter to walk the planet Earth. Forget Fedor Emelianenko (the most legendary fighter to walk the Earth), or even legendary street brawler Igor Vovchanchyn. Forget Lee Murray and his bar alley handbags. When you think legendary street fighter, the first name that comes to mind is Marlon Sims
.that is if your name is Marlon Sims. For once this season I actually liked Gabe, and his remarks were absolutely hilarious. I never thought Id ever hear the word shenanigans uttered outside of the movie Supertroopers. For once Im actually delighted to be wrong.
But I digress. Back to reality
television that is. The fight announcement is made, and Pulver picks the fired up Brandon Melendez to take on Team Penns Andy Wang. Now I gotta say something here. Melendez is one bad mofo, and quite a bit bigger than the slimmed down Wang. BUT, and this is a big but, youve gotta be either crazy or really confident to want to take on a Jujitsu black belt. Andy Wang has several schools around the world, and is also the Jujitsu instructor at the famed R1 Gym in El Segundo, California (which is also where I started out my MMA training, in case youre wondering). He has good standup, and obviously his ground skills are pretty fucking good if hes a black belt. That said, (and Gabe once again calls it right on the money here) Andy has a penchant for trying to stand and bang, even when he could easily outclass his opponents on the mat. Hopefully for all of us R1 alumni and fans Wang will take it to the mat. I guess we just gotta wait and see in the next fifteen minutes of
..wait, what? Why is Melendez wearing a banana hammock to the weigh-ins? And why does Andy have a pair of nun chucks? I think hes taking this whole Asian/Bruce Lee thing too far. Whatever, both guys make weight and now we have a fight on our hands.
Before we get to the fight the TUF producers have one more surprise up their sleeves for this week. Team Pulver gets to the gym to train, and who do they see mopping up the mats but former Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes. Needless to say, the members of Team Pulver are pretty stoked to have Hughes in their midst. The training is tough, but the new coach is all the motivation the guys need to kick it into high gear. Hughes drills some specific things with Melendez to get him ready, but no amount of last minute ground training will help you against a Jujitsu black belt. Unless, that is, the fight never reaches the ground. While Melendez gets to roll around with Matt Hughes, Andy Wang gets to mess around with Tony Desouza. During this little skirmish, Desouza opts to not only wear jeans, but he also free balls it (thanks to a nice little airborne camera angle were let in on this juicy tidbit). I guess thats how Peruvians roll out there in the Hawaiian Islands. Fight day finally comes and both guys look ready to rock and roll. Andy Wang has a sizable reach disadvantage, with a paltry 63 inches reach compared to Melendezs 72 inches. The first round starts and both fighters come together in the center of the octagon. Andy Wang eats a stiff left cross from the southpaw Melendez and goes down, but gets right back up and starts to fight. Andy eats several more punches in the first minute, but keeps coming with some good left low kicks and overhand rights. Andy wings in a nice overhand right that lands right on the ear, but Melendez looks unfazed. BJ repeatedly calls for the overhand-single leg combo, but Andy does not comply. As the first round wears on it becomes readily apparent that Gabe was right, and Andy wants to brawl instead of take it to the ground. In the last 30 seconds Andy lands another chopping overhand right, but with ten seconds to go ducks right into a left high kick that stands him up. Both fighters took some hard shots in the first round, and other than the flash knockdown in the opening 30 seconds neither fighter looked hurt. Despite his toughness, Andys best bet would be to take the fight to the mat, and hes only got another 5 minutes to do so and tie the score.
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Upon interrogation Mom confessed that she had been kitten snuggling at the adoption event! Not just one kitten either - two. A tiny silver tabby boy AND a gray tabby girl!
Mom began to gush about how cute the little girl kitten was and that it looked so much like me. She said the adoption folks mentioned she was "a handful" and ran her brothers raged.
Dad refused to partake and this is why he remains my favorite.
Mom said that during the cuddle the kitten jumped from her arms and right into her purse in the shopping cart. She asked if I didn't think it was a sign that the kitten wanted to come live with us?
Um, no. I think that kitten was trying to flee the corporal cuddle-fest and landed in her purse by chance. Sure I think there is a chance that kitten was angling for a great home. Any kitten can see that Mom is a push-over. Good on you little kitten, but this house is remaining a one-cat sanctuary.
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- Brian said...
Well Fin, at least a tabby was involved!
- May 3, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- LizzyBean said...
You might like having a little sisfur!
- May 3, 2012 at 4:50 PM
- The Whiskeratti said...
Huh. We'd be VERY suspicious, Finny.
- May 3, 2012 at 6:13 PM
- Sparkle said...
Fin, it is a kitten, and you know how fast THEY get adopted! If your human left her there, chances are some other human with a good home snatched her up. Paws crossed for you!
- May 3, 2012 at 7:17 PM
- Sweet Purrfections said...
Little sisters aren't so bad!
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- May 3, 2012 at 7:27 PM
- Cat-from-Sydney said...
hmmm.....this sounds familiar... happened to me in 2007! He came (babysitting, Mama said) but he never left... Good luck Fin but a kitten to whap once in a while is fun. purrr...meow!
- May 3, 2012 at 9:46 PM
- The Furries of Whisppy said...
We have a little "sister" although Mommy says she's a foster. And while she can be a pest, she is also fun to play with. Who knows, Finny, you just might like a little sister, even if it's just for whapping practise. :p
- May 3, 2012 at 11:01 PM
- Terri said...
Fin, that is how it starts! One of these days you will see your human come in with a kitten. Your life will never be the same!
- May 3, 2012 at 11:07 PM
- Carolyn said...
Ooooops! Kitty alert!!! Take cover ....
- May 4, 2012 at 5:20 AM
- Marg said...
Finny, we are on your side. Granny kitties shouldn't have to put up with a kitten even if they are totally cute. But it is all right for Mom to snuggle with them at the store. That was one smart kitten to jump right in the purse. Too funny. Take care.
- May 4, 2012 at 11:22 AM
- meowmeowmans said...
Uh oh. This is how it all begins, Fin...
- May 4, 2012 at 12:40 PM
- Katnip Lounge said...
What a lousy traitor!
- May 4, 2012 at 12:56 PM
- Cat Chat With Caren And Cody said...
YAY!! I'm all for SILVER and GRAY KITTIES!!
But then again, I'm biased....
Love Cody
- May 4, 2012 at 3:52 PM
- Eric and Flynn said...
That's right Fin, you need to put your paw down before it goes any further.
- May 4, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- jgr said...
I agree darling Fin, one cat is the limit!! In my house there was talk of some kittens who needed a home recently and I 'nipped it in the bud' of course--I want ALL the attention-ALL the time and you should have it too. :-)
- May 4, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- The Island Cats said...
Fin, just be happy that she didn't bring one of those kittens home with her!!
- May 4, 2012 at 7:26 PM
- Grrreta said...
We understand humans are weak and can't resist a little kitten snuggling every once in a while, but we find it very disturbing that your mom is flagrantly flaunting her indiscretion by wearing "new cat smell" fragrance. How dare she!
- May 4, 2012 at 8:01 PM
- Katie Isabella said...
Fin, I am definitely on your side here. I know I would not like it one bit of my mom came home with another little girl. Not even a little bit.
- May 5, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- Purrfect Haven said...
haahaah... we laugh yet we hold our breath...we are rooting for the kitten... but YOU ARE OUR LOVE... we are watching this space...Love Helen, Darcy and Bingley xxx
- May 5, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- MargB said...
Someone at our mom's work has kittens they need to find homes for and "jokingly" said if you take one get two more free...we let Mom know that we are not interested in any kittens. We are getting older too...we want to nap in peace, not have snotty kittens nibbling on our ears and tails!
Good for you putting your paw down, Fin!
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- May 6, 2012 at 1:11 PM
- ~*Connie*~ said...
as a first class kitten pusher myself, you need to give your mom a little slack.. Sometimes when someone hands you a kitten, you really have no choice but to take it..
as for the kitten in the purse, well that is one very smart kitten, reading all the signs you left on your mom about how much you love her and how wonderful she is.. she would have been silly to not want to go home with her..
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I really try to keep the cost of a new videogame out of my evaluation process when it comes time to score the game. It's hard to pin down any specific value on them since their success or failure is largely determined by the vagaries of the gaming public. 60 bucks means different things to different gamers who all judge their games on a completely idiosyncratic set of traits - whether they know it or not.
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The legendary blues man lent his name, as well as his musical spirit, to this great music venue, where so many of the greatest musicians of the 20th century have performed.
I've been here twice and from the staff to the patrons there all ignorant!!! there will not be a third trip!
I wonder if BB King eats at this restaurant. My girlfriends and I attended the Gospel Brunch and the food was the worst food that I ve ever tasted. Our mouths were tuned up for some real down home soul food. Huh, what a joke. Instead the baked mac and cheese was sitting in some type of white creamy liquid that tasted something like farina or cream of wheat. the eggs were powdered and also sitting in water. The french toast seemed to be regular toast (cold) No fresh steaming hot biscuits, but small frozen silver dollar biscuits that were also cold. The candied yams looked and tasted like they were poured out of a can and OMG the peach cobbler tasted like peaches straight from the can and I can t even say what the crust was made out of. possibly the same thing that the baked mac and cheese was floating around in. BB King you all need to step it up with some homemade food. I am not a chef and evidently the people in your kitchen are not either, but I can burn and I d be willing to come in and teach you staff a thing or two. Folks if you are really hungry you may not not want to do the brunch. I can t say what the other menu consist of but I don t see it being any better. especially if the same people are preparing it.. Very, very, very disappointed customer!!!!!
The other night was my first time going over to B.B. and it was a blast! It was a lot of fun going there with a big group of friends! The music was incredible and the food was to die for. If you haven't been there, you MUST go!
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Good Music – I had a decent experience here. The music was good, it was a lively crowd.
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Not all that!! – I came here expecting to be exposed to greatness and a down south feel.
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Joe is one of the worst managers I have ever come in contact with. He made me feel so uncomfortable as a black man in a club named after a BLACK MAN that I refuse to return unless I know that he will not be there. The staff seemed to all have the same feelings about him being rude, pretentious and extremely unprofessional. The food was ok but the smell of the place was weird as well.
terrible service overcooked steak... – the staff was extremely rude and pretentious, from the guy at the front with the gust list to the waiters. and hey chef... i asked for my steak MEDIUM not charcoal!!! thanks but no thanx highly advised that you stay outta this place!!
If You like Live Music and Entertaining Show – Another thing we did was head over to The Griffin to Michael Fredo's Wednesday night party. They have a great show and an open bar from 8-9:30. Free admission too. Michael Fredo with The Benny Reid Ensemble is a great Jazz/ Ratpack show. 50 Gansevoort @ Greenwich
Dissapointed – Im glad that Im not the only person whos had a bas experience here with the bouncers. Not only was the staff mad rude, for example the waiter had the biggest attitude I ever seen in my life and had the guts to call me a bitch under his breath as he walked awayy!, the bouncer actually didnt want to let me in until I argued with him for a good 10 minz and havin to show him a second id cuz he didnt believe it was me! Ridiculous, I swear this guy had problems I showed him my goddamn resident card how the f*** do you fake that?? And do I look like I need to fake an id card? Im way too old for that. Psh this place was b.s. and the food tasted like its been laying under heating lamps for days. Not happy at all. If it wasnt for one of my fav bands playing there I never woulda went, cuz every time I go there theres always some kinda problems going. Dont go there unless u abslutely have to.
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